ꦧꦭꦸꦮꦂꦠꦶ

Javanese

Alternative forms

• Carakan: ꦧꦭꦸꦮꦂꦠꦶ
• Roman: baluwarti, baloewarti (dated), baluarti (nonstandard)

Etymology

From Portuguese baluarte, from Old Occitan or Old French balouart, from Middle Dutch bolwerc, from Middle High German bolwerc, from bole (“plank, beam”) (from Proto-Germanic *bullǭ) + werc (“work”).

Noun

ꦧꦭꦸꦮꦂꦠꦶ (baluwarti)

1. fort built around a royal court

   Hypernym: bètèng

Descendants

• → Indonesian: baluarti

References

• The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “baluwarti”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN